If you received the notice you are in this circle, then well done.If you would like to be included in the next Circle Share, you only have to do these simple steps:1 - Include Circle in your circles (If you haven't already)2 - Share the circle (Publicly) - (cc) me in the comments on the share and I can add you to the next circle immediately. Otherwise I may not notice your activity!3 - Add +1 to the post.4 - Leave a comment if you like.5 - Add the circle or just check it out.Follow your dreams, Share and Be Shared.More you share more you get! :)Thanks!﻿#circles #Botswana #krabi #thailand #phuket #vietnam #vietnam #hanoi #vietnam #ho_chi_minh_city #ahrain #iran #iran #tehran #iraq #iraq #baghdad #iraq #basra #israel #israel #tel_aviv #jordan #jordan #amman #kuwait #lebanon #lebanon #beirut #oman #oman #muscat #qatar #qatar #doha #saudi_arabia

This circle contains people who really are interesting and active people on Google Plus.If you would like to be included in the next Circle Share, you only have to do these simple steps:1 - Include me in your circles2 - Share the circle (Publicly)3 - Add +1 to the post.4 - Leave a comment if you like.I will thankful if you plus and share this circle!#publiccircle #circleshare #circlesharing #philadelphia #phoenix #san_antonio #san_diego #san_francisco #san_jose #seattle #tampa #washington #american_samoa #american_samoa #pago_pago #fiji #fiji #nadi #fiji #suva #argentina #argentina #buenos_aires #argentina #cordoba #argentina #iguaza #argentina #mendoza #argentina #rosaio #argentina #san_carlos_de_bariloche #bolivia #bolivia #cochabamba

This circle contains people who really are interesting and active people on Google Plus.Grow your G+ community with people that share amazing content that will surprise you:If you received the notice you are in this circle, then well done.If you would like to be included in the next Circle Share, you only have to do these simple steps:1 - Include me in your circles (If you haven't already)2 - Share the circle (Publicly) - (cc) me in the comments on the share and I can add you to the next circle immediately. Otherwise I may not notice your activity!3 - Add +1 to the post.4 - Leave a comment if you like.5 - Add the circle or just check it out.Follow your dreams, Share and Be Shared.More you share more you get! :)Thanks!﻿

Boost your visibility on Google+ - Share the circle!To be added to or stay in this Circle - Share the circleIf you received the notice you are in this circle, then well done.If you would like to be included in the next Circle Share, you only have to do these simple steps:1 - Include me in your circles2 - Share the circle (Publicly)3 - Add +1 to the post.4 - Leave a comment if you like.I will thankful if you plus and share this circle!#circles #shared #share #add #friends #circle #share #sharecircle #circleshar﻿

analog photography circle !!i share this group of people who are using old and not too old film cameras in their everyday life or only sometimes, but you can find their celluloid works in their posts ! by the request of my Twitter friend +Tomas Mikalauskas btw - today i saw some discussion on Facebook with "Film Photography is not ANALOG" theme. what do you think about . feel free to share these people and to visit my film photography portfolio : http://www.victorbezrukov.com/folio/analog or just to say something here on G+ - ghost town ! #photography #filmphotography ﻿

Get Bulk Follower from this CircleTips : Reshare this Circle if you want to get followers, and don't forget used Hashtag on following list, it's good Idea, cause I used Multi language.#add#addcircle#addmetoyourcircles#buy_GooglePlus_followers#cácmối#Çember#Cercle#Ciorcal#circle#CircleOfTheDay#circleoftheweek#circles#CircleShare#circlesharing#CircleSunday#circlethis#circleyoushare#Círculo#cirkel#Cylch#Draugų#Engagers#EngagersCircle#engagerspeople#engagersshowcase ﻿#engagersshowcasecircle#Fèyontiwonn#FridayCircle#FridayCircles#gburugburu#Google#Google+#GooglePlusTips#justanaverageteenagerwhoexpresseshisopinionsovertheinternetcircle

Get Bulk Follower from this CircleTips : Reshare this Circle if you want to get followers, and don't forget used Hashtag on following list, it's good Idea, cause I used Multi language.#add#addcircle#addmetoyourcircles#buy_GooglePlus_followers#cácmối#Çember#Cercle#Ciorcal#circle#CircleOfTheDay#circleoftheweek#circles#CircleShare#circlesharing#CircleSunday#circlethis#circleyoushare#Círculo#cirkel#Cylch#Draugų#Engagers#EngagersCircle#engagerspeople#engagersshowcase ﻿#engagersshowcasecircle#Fèyontiwonn#FridayCircle#FridayCircles#gburugburu#Google#Google+#GooglePlusTips#justanaverageteenagerwhoexpresseshisopinionsovertheinternetcircle

Get Bulk Follower from this CircleTips : Reshare this Circle if you want to get followers, and don't forget used Hashtag on following list, it's good Idea, cause I used Multi language.#add#addcircle#addmetoyourcircles#buy_GooglePlus_followers#cácmối#Çember#Cercle#Ciorcal#circle#CircleOfTheDay#circleoftheweek#circles#CircleShare#circlesharing#CircleSunday#circlethis#circleyoushare#Círculo#cirkel#Cylch#Draugų#Engagers#EngagersCircle#engagerspeople#engagersshowcase ﻿#engagersshowcasecircle#Fèyontiwonn#FridayCircle#FridayCircles#gburugburu#Google#Google+#GooglePlusTips#justanaverageteenagerwhoexpresseshisopinionsovertheinternetcircle

Get Bulk Follower from this CircleTips : Reshare this Circle if you want to get followers, and don't forget used Hashtag on following list, it's good Idea, cause I used Multi language.#add#addcircle#addmetoyourcircles#buy_GooglePlus_followers#cácmối#Çember#Cercle#Ciorcal#circle#CircleOfTheDay#circleoftheweek#circles#CircleShare#circlesharing#CircleSunday#circlethis#circleyoushare#Círculo#cirkel#Cylch#Draugų#Engagers#EngagersCircle#engagerspeople#engagersshowcase ﻿#engagersshowcasecircle#Fèyontiwonn#FridayCircle#FridayCircles#gburugburu#Google#Google+#GooglePlusTips#justanaverageteenagerwhoexpresseshisopinionsovertheinternetcircle

New Version of Active Share Members CircleMany if these active members will add you back when you add this circle to your circles. Adding a shared circle helps you to increase the number of people following you.Please do this:1. Plus this original post.2. Comment on this post.3. Add this circle to your circles4. Reshare this post publicly#circle #circles #publiccircle #circleshare #circlesharing #sharedcircles #sharedcircle #morefollowers #sharingcircles #circleshare #sharedpubliccircles #sharedpublicircles #sharedcircle #photography #photographer #bestphotographer #topphotographer #AddCircle #FindCircles #AwesomeCircle #addcircle #addpeople #circlemeup #circlesdiscovery #circleshare #circlesharing #publiccircle #publicsharedcircles #SharedCircles#sharedcircles #circleshare #circlesharing #circle #circleoftheday

Another round of #topengagers !(Be sure to click READ MORE, it is important if you want to be included in this circle next time)These people shareThese people +1These people create original contentThese people make G+ BetterIf you add this circle, you will, without a doubt, see your engagement soar through the roof. Guaranteed. If you were notified, you guessed it, you are already in.To be included in the NEXT top engagers circle this week is easier than ever.1.) Add +Best Cars 2.) Share this post3.) Keep engaging#sharedcircle #sharedcircles #sharecircle #publiccircle #publiccircles #publicsharedcircles #topengagers #engagers #snowballcircle #snowball #circles #circleshare #circlemasters #circlemaster #circlequeen #crazycircles #circlehub #morefollowers #ghosttown﻿

This morning I am sharing my #streetphotography circle. Inside you'll find a lot of awesome #streetphotographers . If you guys feel I'm missing someone then please let me know in the comments. I only ask that you guys mention people who post publicly and not exclusively to communities. If you want to share the circle with others that would be cool, too.﻿

2,500 Kick Ass Google+ Photographers (part 4 of 5)This is the fifth time I've shared my photographer's circle on Google+. I'm going to share it in 5 posts. Thus far, I've shared last name A-Da, Da-Ho, Ho-Mi. Today's , part 4 of 5, today, represents Mi-Sh. I'll share the last remaining circle tomorrow. I originally shared my photographers circle at 500, 1,000, 1,500 and 2,000 photographers. I'll probably share it again eventually when it gets to 3,000.A few notes about this circle.The criteria that I look for (and don't always get right) in this circle is that the photographer produce interesting and engaging photography. I also look for people who are active in the community, post mostly their own work, and post regularly. I'm looking more for people who post their own work and less of the noise stuff (gifs, links, non-photography, promotions, etc.). I also like people who are positive, friendly, nice, helpful, etc. and dislike people who are mean, snarky, jerks, disrespectful, etc.I have a pretty well known bias against signatures and watermarks. You will see very few photographers in my circles who use them. I really hate the watermark debate and would rather not have it with folks. I just don't like them -- it's my circle that I have to look at. There are likely a few folks in here who use them who are friends of mine, but for the most part, this is a pretty watermark free circle. It's totally cool if you love your watermark, it's just not something I really want to look at. Please don't hate me for my aesthetic preference. Finally, the photography community on Google+ is probably the best one on the internet today. There is no way that I can possibly include all of the fine photographers worth following on G+. There are wayyyyy too many. These are just 2,500 that I personally have noticed. I'm sure I left out some really amazing ones -- like you if you are not in this circle :) I'll probably also totally kick myself when I realize that I accidentally left out a really obvious good one who may even be a friend of mine -- again, maybe even like you. :)Stay tuned for part 5 and thanks again to all of the great photographers on G+ who make this place such a delight to hang out.Part 1-5: http://goo.gl/17ujpnPart 2-5: http://goo.gl/3vn0OCPart 3-5: http://goo.gl/lyVn6f*Note, Google Circles are terribly wonky. It wouldn't let me add some photographers in my circle into these circles because of "domain errors." If this affected you, sorry about that.﻿

A circle of Photographers as well as those who love to follow photography. Please feel free to share among your friends and circles as well as check out the members of the circle you may want to follow some of them for all of them﻿

Blake's Circle of Inspirational Photographers 6#blakescircleofinspirationalphotographers6This circle includes 300 amazing and inspirational photographers. These great photographers just need to get noticed, and here, they will.If you think you deserve to be included in the next Circle, simply do the following1. Reshare the post publicly 2. +1 and Comment on the Original Post3. That's it! Just sit back and relax.Why Should You Share This Post?1. You are supporting all of the other photographers who were in the previous shared circle.2. You are helping spread the word, so more photographers get their work noticed.3. It gives you a better chance of getting added to the next photography circle.4. It actually gives you a better chance of getting more followers and people noticing your work. So say if you reshared the post, then someone else will reshare it from your repost and therefore more and more people will know about it!There are probably many other reasons but i just hope that those four will get you to reshare the post to your stream :)If you are included in this current circle, It would be great if you could add the circle or share it to your stream.The Next Circle will be shared on the 22nd, January 2013 and just to keep the circle fresh, everyone in this circle will be cleared. If you would like to re-apply please simply comment below and if you can, share this post!Thanks,Blake.#peace #photography #circleshare #circlesharing #circles #circleoftheday +PixelWorld #pixelworld +Sharing Circles And More. +Full Circle #offline +Nothing but Circles +Circle Me Up !!! +CIRCLES on Google+ #caturday ﻿

Blake's Circle of Inspirational Photographers #blakescircleofinspirationalphotographers5 This circle includes 300 amazing and inspirational photographers. These great photographers just need to get noticed, and here, they will.If you think you deserve to be included in the next Circle, simply do the following1. Reshare the post publicly 2. +1 and Comment on the Original Post3. That's it! Just sit back and relax.Why Should You Share This Post?1. You are supporting all of the other photographers who were in the previous shared circle.2. You are helping spread the word, so more photographers get their work noticed.3. It gives you a better chance of getting added to the next photography circle.4. It actually gives you a better chance of getting more followers and people noticing your work. So say if you reshared the post, then someone else will reshare it from your repost and therefore more and more people will know about it!There are probably many other reasons but i just hope that those four will get you to reshare the post to your stream :)If you are included in this current circle, It would be great if you could add the circle or share it to your stream.The Next Circle will be shared on the 22nd of December 2012 and just to keep the circle fresh, everyone in this circle will be cleared. If you would like to re-apply please simply comment below and if you can, share this post!Thanks,Blake. #circleshare #circlesharing #pixelworld +Sharing Circles And More. +Full Circle +Nothing but Circles +Circle Share +PixelWorld #circleoftheday #travelthursday #longexposurethursday #leavesonthursday ﻿

The World's Best Photographers circle update is here again! Some modifications, adds and edits done in these circles. This is Circle 2/5. So remember to check the other circles to, if you are looking for your self.IMPORTANT!If you are in one of these circles. Mark + to this update and share it! That's the only way to get more people in these circles and get your self to other circles.﻿

Blake's Circle of Inspirational Photographers #blakescircleofinspirationalphotographers3 This circle includes 200 amazing and inspirational photographers. These great photographers just need to get noticed, and here, they will.If you think you deserve to be included in the next Amazing Photographers circle, please simply publicly share the post and comment on the Original post.Why Should You Share This Post?1. You are supporting all of the other photographers who were in the previous shared circle.2. You are helping spread the word, so more photographers get their work noticed.3. It gives you a better chance of getting added to the next photography circle.4. It actually gives you a better chance of getting more followers and people noticing your work. So say if you reshared the post, then someone else will reshare it from your repost and therefore more and more people will know about it!There are probably many other reasons but i just hope that those four will get you to reshare the post to your stream :)If you are included in this current circle, It would be great if you could add the circle or share it to your stream.The Next Circle Share will be on the 22nd of October and just to keep the circle fresh, everyone in this circle will be cleared. If you would like to re-apply please simply comment below and if you can, share this post!*Thanks,Blake. #photography #mirrormonday #shoesmonday #dofmonday #circleshare #circlesharing #sharedcircles #sharedpubliccircles #photographers #minimalmonday

This is my circle of mobile photographers and artists. I try to add people to it whenever I can. I add when I I know they use a smartphone camera to capture and/or edit images.It's not a curated or favorites list. Some are more active than others on G+ and some only occasionally share something from a mobile device. They may also shoot with other cameras.

Hand Picked Photographers Circles - Other or Unknown Camera R-Z - 14 of 14Note: These circles are sorted by camera type and last name. I have had to split some circles because they exceeded 500 members.I am now sharing one circle per day, for the reason see: https://plus.google.com/u/0/103752943025677384806/posts/RrPNTzHhQuHAs before these circles are photographers that I admire. They also have "more photos, less spam." There have been many additions and a few drops (mostly for spam or inactivity).Be sure to get all 14 circles. Share! If you miss any of the circles they can be found at: +Gailen Mapes and scroll back to July 1st for the start of this set. (Previous complete set was published June 15.)I am hard up against the 5000 limit. From here on, I am going to have to become rather more strict about the "spam rules." Essentially if I have to go back more than a screen on your profile before I hit original material, there is a good chance that I may drop you from the circles. Of course there will be mitigating factors...Because of the way that Google no longer presents every person who adds me to their circles to me it is quite possible that I have missed some pretty good photographers. If I am following you, chances are that you are already in one of these circles or in my "check later" circle. If you think you have been missed, tag a comment on one of these posts and I will check your profile out for inclusion. Guidelines for inclusion can be found at: https://plus.google.com/u/0/103752943025677384806/about﻿

Dear all,I'm sharing this Street Photographers From Around the World circle for my new friends in the +Cochin Photowalk and +Viewfinder group, but I figured I may has well make this a public share too. The Viewfinder group made up the majority of photographers on the Cochin GooglePlus 1st Anniversary photowalk yesterday... we had almost 100 people in the end!Viewfinders - to those who are new to G+, add this circle to your collection of circles and marvel as your stream comes to life with photography from some of the best street photographers from around the world. Don't forget to +1, comment or share their work if you like what you see.Thanks to all who participated yesterday. What a cracking afternoon!﻿

Hand Picked Photographers Circles - Unknown or Other Camera R-Z - 14 of 14Note: These circles are sorted by camera type and last name. I have had to split some circles because they exceeded 500 members.As before these circles are photographers that I admire. They also have "more photos, less spam." There have been many additions and a few drops (mostly for spam or inactivity).Be sure to get all 14 circles. Share! If you miss any of the circles they can be found at: +Gailen Mapes and scroll back to June 15th for this set.I am hard up against the 5000 limit. From here on, I am going to have to become rather more strict about the "spam rules." Essentially if I have to go back more than a screen on your profile before I hit original material, there is a good chance that I may drop you from the circles. Of course there will be mitigating factors...﻿

Italian PhotographersI haven't shared this in a while, so I guess it's time to do a share again. This circle includes Italian and Italian-speaking photographers. Feel free to re-share and suggest other names that you know.

2,000 Kick Ass Photographers on Google+Part 4 of 4 (Ro-Z)Part 1 of 4 (A-Ev) here: http://goo.gl/Z333gPart 2 of 4 (Ev-La) here: http://goo.gl/dX7lRPart 3 of 4 (La-Ro) here: http://goo.gl/MP1Q2This is the fourth time since joining G+ almost a year ago that I'm sharing my photographers circle. I shared it with 500 photographers, 1,000 photographers, 1,500 photographers and now 2,000 photographers. I have to break my circle up into four 500 photographer circles as that is the G+ limit. Each day this week (Mon.- Thurs.) I'll share a different circle. Today is the fourth circle and includes photographers with the last name's Ro-Z. A few notes about these circles. I always get hated on when I share them by people. Inevitably if I include 2,000 people, I will leave 50,000 people out. This is not intentional or personal. This circle is not "the best" photographers on G+ or in the world. It doesn't mean if you are not in my circle that you are not a "quality" photographer. This list is simply photographers that I've stumbled across for whatever reason over the past year and have chosen to follow their work. In some cases I've gotten to know the photographers in this circle personally -- through photowalks and trips, hangouts, in real life, etc. Many of these people are or have become my friends. Most of the photographers in my circle though I don't even know. They are just people whose work I admire and want to consume -- I hope many are future friends. :)I use some objective criteria with this circle but I use a lot of subjective criteria too. This is, afterall, my own personal circle that I look at and +1 from every single day. My aesthetic taste and personal preferences may be very, very different than yours. This is ok. Art is subjective. That said, here a breakdown of my own preferences and biases that influence who I add into my circle.1. I like people who are active on G+. If you haven't posted one of your photos in the last month you probably are not in this circle. I use a script to uncircle inactive people regularly.2. I like photographers who mostly post their own photographs. I dislike clutter and "dumb stuff" in my photographers circle. Excessive reshares, circle shares, memes, gifs, youtube videos, posts not about photography, web links, etc. make me uncircle or move people to a different circle. I also like photographers who regulate how much of their photography they post to their stream. I don't want to see 50 shots in a row of someone's vacation. I think about 5 photos max a day feels about right to me.3. *Controversial* I dislike signatures and watermarks. You will find photographers in my circle that use them. It's just a bias, not a hard and fast rule. I mostly want this stream to be as watermark/signature free as possible. I totally understand and respect your reasons and decision for using watermarks/signatures. I hope you equally respect my decision to not want to consume photos mared up with them. Please don't turn this into a discussion about watermarks/sigs, I've spent the last 10 years thinking heavily about this issue. It's just a personal preference and bias.4. I like people who are active, positive, helpful, enthusiastic G+ community members. I dislike people who are rude, mean, complainers, trolls, harrasers, etc. If you say mean things to people, about people, about their art or their work I don't want to follow you. I'm fine with debate and disagreement. It should just be done respectfully -- there's a huge difference between respectful disagreement and rude behavior. Not only will you not be in this circle if you

The Cream of the Crop of May 2012What's this?On +CircleCount everyday some very interesting persons are choosen and recommended. These are persons without hunders of thousands of followers but with a lot of interesting content. You won't find silent people here leading the rankings, but interesting people that are worth to be followed.You can find the Cream of the Crop daily here:http://www.circlecount.com/daily/Past Cream of the Crop circles:April 2012: http://goo.gl/NvbKjMarch 2012: http://goo.gl/3auLoFebruary 2012: http://goo.gl/TWYpKJanuary 2012: http://goo.gl/HBdHbDecember 2011: http://goo.gl/RBCpgNovember 2011: http://goo.gl/x6TJkOctober 2011: http://goo.gl/2xVn9﻿

Hand Picked Photographers Circles - Unknown or Other Camera R-Z - 14 of 14Note: These circles are sorted by camera type and last name. I have had to split some circles because they exceeded 500 members.My last share of the "hand picked" circles was May 17th. As before these circles are photographers that I admire. They also have "more photos, less spam." There have been many additions and a few drops (mostly for spam or inactivity).Be sure to get all 14 circles. Share! If you miss any of the circles they can be found at: +Gailen Mapes and scroll back to May 31st for this set.I am hard up against the 5000 limit. From here on, I am going to have to become rather more strict about the "spam rules." Essentially if I have to go back more than a screen on your profile before I hit original material, there is a good chance that I may drop you from the circles. Of course there will be mitigating factors...

I found an old shared circle from December made up of Zenfolio users. I just got on the Zenfolio train so I'm gonna add myself and reshare later. Check the circle and if you're on Zen and you're not in the circle, comment below and I'll add you to the circle. Make sure your Zen address is on your About page. Then I'll reshare on Monday with the new people included. Please Share to spread the word. If you don't, 11 spiders of varying sizes will appear on your desk and whisper the words to "Wake Me Up Before You Go-go" in your ears in 52 minutes. Feel free to add to the curse in your Share.

Hand Picked Photographers Circles - Unknown or Other Camera R-Z - 14 of 14Note: These circles are sorted by camera type and last name. I have had to split some circles because they exceeded 500 members.My last share of the "hand picked" circles was March 15. As before these circles are photographers that I admire. They also have "more photos, less spam." There have been many additions and a few drops (mostly for spam or inactivity).Be sure to get all 14 circles. Share! If you miss any of the circles they can be found at: +Gailen Mapes and scroll back to March 22 for this set.A word about spam... A lot of previously good photographers are sharing a lot of goofy stuff these days. Remember, if you are in the "Hand Picked" circles, you are represented as "more photos, less spam." Goofy animated GIFs don't hack it and I reserve the right to drop you from these circles. So if you were dropped, this is probably the reason. (I have the same 5000 limit as everyone else. I can't afford to keep spammers in my circles.)

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Despite working with a large format camera, Weegee being my inspiration, I think I made the deadline !! Here is the ANGEL of the NYC PRIDE Parade !! Graflex speed graphic camera, 127 mm lens, 3 ASA paper negative. Obviously developed in coffee....http://www.giovannisavinophotography.com/﻿

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Last week I experienced one of those rare occasions when a portraiture sitting with the extraordinarily talented Aditya became a true creative meeting of minds and souls. Here is one of my favorite plates from the session, shot on 3 ASA paper negative, 8x10 Deardorff camera, Gundlach Manhattan Triple Convertible Lens. Developed in coffee. http://www.giovannisavinophotography.com/ ﻿

This is an important issue I would be glad to see legally resolved. Be it paying for a renewable permit to city or state authorities or, better, some plain and simple (and free of charge) common sense....

Paperwork, liability, and sheer bureaucratic bulk have now made it practically impossible to do some forms of street photography, especially if you need to use a tripod.﻿___This is an important issue I would be glad to see legally resolved. Be it paying for a renewable permit to city or state authorities or, better, some plain and simple (and free of charge) common sense....

THE BLUES AIN'T NOTHING BUT A GOOD MAN FEELING BLUEAs I mostly shoot large format film I am pretty restrained these days in terms of quantity of shots I take for each portraiture sitting. Today I pushed my minimalist approach even further by shooting only one image !! Fujifilm 100-C reclaimed negative.http://www.giovannisavinophotography.com/﻿

THE BLUES AIN'T NOTHING BUT A GOOD MAN FEELING BLUEAs I mostly shoot large format film I am pretty restrained these days in terms of quantity of shots I take for each portraiture sitting. Today I pushed my minimalist approach even further by shooting only one image !! Fujifilm 100-C reclaimed negative.http://www.giovannisavinophotography.com/﻿___

Probably one of the most "in-depth" interviews I ever have given to anyone.Talking about my photography, my movie documentary work, but also about aspects of my personal life and experiences I never shared with anyone before, not even my close friends.Possibly an interesting read, especially if you are, like me, here in NYC, stuck indoors due to bad weather !http://luckycompiler.com/my-experiences-are-my-pictures/﻿

Probably one of the most "in-depth" interviews I ever have given to anyone.Talking about my photography, my movie documentary work, but also about aspects of my personal life and experiences I never shared with anyone before, not even my close friends.Possibly an interesting read, especially if you are, like me, here in NYC, stuck indoors due to bad weather !http://luckycompiler.com/my-experiences-are-my-pictures/﻿___

The aftermath: A blizzard of historical proportions hits Manhattan.Note: This car is actually a Cadillac DeVille !! An obvious case of SHRINKAGE due to the historic blizzard !!!http://www.giovannisavinophotography.com/﻿

The aftermath: A blizzard of historical proportions hits Manhattan.Note: This car is actually a Cadillac DeVille !! An obvious case of SHRINKAGE due to the historic blizzard !!!http://www.giovannisavinophotography.com/﻿___

The studio is open and the rates are more affordable than ever during the Holiday Season (Until January six 2015). We invite our discerning clientele to a different photographic experience. Now is the best time to experience a neo- pictorialist portraiture sitting. Complimentary coffee and tea shall be served. Coffee will be also employed to develop the negatives and the photographic paper.BOOKINGS: http://www.giovannisavinophotography.com/﻿

The studio is open and the rates are more affordable than ever during the Holiday Season (Until January six 2015). We invite our discerning clientele to a different photographic experience. Now is the best time to experience a neo- pictorialist portraiture sitting. Complimentary coffee and tea shall be served. Coffee will be also employed to develop the negatives and the photographic paper.BOOKINGS: http://www.giovannisavinophotography.com/﻿___

If you would like a fine portrait on film, that your great-grandchildren will still be able to admire, give me a call. In my New York studio or worldwide locations. Giovanni Savino. http://magneticpic.com/﻿

If you would like a fine portrait on film, that your great-grandchildren will still be able to admire, give me a call. In my New York studio or worldwide locations. Giovanni Savino. http://magneticpic.com/﻿___

Do you like using BEAUTY DISHES ? I do, but they are usually too bulky and heavy to go out of my studio when I shoot on location. Recently I have been checking out a folding beauty dish which now permanently resides in my camera bag. Read my hand on review of THE RoundFlash™ DISH here: http://giovannisavinophotography.com/blog/2014/11/the-roundflash-dish-hands-on-review/﻿

Do you like using BEAUTY DISHES ? I do, but they are usually too bulky and heavy to go out of my studio when I shoot on location. Recently I have been checking out a folding beauty dish which now permanently resides in my camera bag. Read my hand on review of THE RoundFlash™ DISH here: http://giovannisavinophotography.com/blog/2014/11/the-roundflash-dish-hands-on-review/﻿___

I have been shooting X-Ray film with some very happy results lately.Compared to my light-insensitive medium of choice (in-camera photographic paper negatives) X-Ray film gives me the luxury of SPEED !! Its 80 ASA truly feels like 8000, compared to the 3 (!!) of photo paper.There are drawbacks too: X- RAY film has emulsion on both sides of the sheet, hence it can get badly scratched by merely looking at it (inside the box) from a distance.... just kidding here.. but only so much.X-RAY film, when handled very gently can give lovely results. I develop it in coffee, like everything else, but I place a piece of glass on the bottom of the tray. That appears to reduce, but never completely eliminate, the scratching issue.Another lovely attribute of X-RAY film is being almost completely insensitive to red light, so, while daylight or fluorescent bulbs... more »

The X ray Files

I have been shooting X-Ray film with some very happy results lately.Compared to my light-insensitive medium of choice (in-camera photographic paper negatives) X-Ray film gives me the luxury of SPEED !! Its 80 ASA truly feels like 8000, compared to the 3 (!!) of photo paper.There are drawbacks too: X- RAY film has emulsion on both sides of the sheet, hence it can get badly scratched by merely looking at it (inside the box) from a distance.... just kidding here.. but only so much.X-RAY film, when handled very gently can give lovely results. I develop it in coffee, like everything else, but I place a piece of glass on the bottom of the tray. That appears to reduce, but never completely eliminate, the scratching issue.Another lovely attribute of X-RAY film is being almost completely insensitive to red light, so, while daylight or fluorescent bulbs must be used to shoot your subject, it can be easily loaded and developed by inspection, under a safe-light.This image was shot with one of my favorite lenses, a Dallmeyer Air Ministry 8 inch f2.9 Pentac, made in 1919, right after the first World War. I think there is a lovely creamy sharpness to it and I was able to shoot this portrait simply using a 1x1 daylight led panel instead of my usual 2400 Watts per second bank of strobes !! Oh joy !!﻿___

Last week I experienced one of those rare occasions when a portraiture sitting with the extraordinarily talented Aditya became a true creative meeting of minds and souls. Here is one of my favorite plates from the session, shot on 3 ASA paper negative, 8x10 Deardorff camera, Gundlach Manhattan Triple Convertible Lens. Developed in coffee. http://www.giovannisavinophotography.com/ ﻿

Last week I experienced one of those rare occasions when a portraiture sitting with the extraordinarily talented Aditya became a true creative meeting of minds and souls. Here is one of my favorite plates from the session, shot on 3 ASA paper negative, 8x10 Deardorff camera, Gundlach Manhattan Triple Convertible Lens. Developed in coffee. http://www.giovannisavinophotography.com/ ﻿___

Read the story of our creative coffee meeting, written by talented and passionate photographer friend +Armand Salmon

This past summer, I had the chance to sit down with +Giovanni Savino, someone who's passion, work-ethic, and photography I am enamoured with. I was my every intention to take a photo of Giovanni during our meeting, but as you will see, I found myself on the other end of the lens...

This is the first entry, of an ongoing series loosely titled, "Coffee with" wherein, as the title suggests, a creative and me sit down for an informal interview about their creative process. Coffee is optional.﻿___Read the story of our creative coffee meeting, written by talented and passionate photographer friend +Armand Salmon

My new article on the HUFFINGTON POST. Hope you like it !"In a Nutshell: What Inspired Me to Become a Photographer"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/giovanni-savino/in-a-nutshell-what-inspir_b_6001130.html﻿

My new article on the HUFFINGTON POST. Hope you like it !"In a Nutshell: What Inspired Me to Become a Photographer"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/giovanni-savino/in-a-nutshell-what-inspir_b_6001130.html﻿___

A great pleasure, last week, to be visited in my studio by fellow Renaissance man, talented author and artist Michael G. Kent for a portraiture sitting. This is one of my favorite plates, shot on 3 ASA paper 4x5 negative, using a 100 years old Taylor Taylor and Hobson Cooke AVIAR lens from England. The image was developed, as is my custom nowadays, using a favorite Dominican coffee concoction.No mechanical shutter was used to create this image, but simply a lens cap, for an exposure duration of about one second.﻿

A great pleasure, last week, to be visited in my studio by fellow Renaissance man, talented author and artist Michael G. Kent for a portraiture sitting. This is one of my favorite plates, shot on 3 ASA paper 4x5 negative, using a 100 years old Taylor Taylor and Hobson Cooke AVIAR lens from England. The image was developed, as is my custom nowadays, using a favorite Dominican coffee concoction.No mechanical shutter was used to create this image, but simply a lens cap, for an exposure duration of about one second.﻿___

8x10 paper negative, developed with coffee, through a 100 years old Gundlach-Manhattan triple convertible lens. From the portraiture sitting with Salsa Artist Extraordinaire Henry Fiol, on the occasion of the release of his new single "La Gente va a Hablar". Check out the promo video we shot for his website (http://www.henryfiol.com/eng/) and this great new song here https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/la-gente-va-a-hablar-single/id915835486﻿

8x10 paper negative, developed with coffee, through a 100 years old Gundlach-Manhattan triple convertible lens. From the portraiture sitting with Salsa Artist Extraordinaire Henry Fiol, on the occasion of the release of his new single "La Gente va a Hablar". Check out the promo video we shot for his website (http://www.henryfiol.com/eng/) and this great new song here https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/la-gente-va-a-hablar-single/id915835486﻿___

Just back from nine days in France, and got the great news that the new virtual tour of Vassar College is now online! I've been working on this along with +Brian Richards and +Giovanni Savino for nearly a year. We are all quite proud of the final result and hope you will enjoy a virtual visit of +Vassar College ﻿___Beautiful Virtual Tour of Vassar College! Must check it out !

I have been recently invited to contribute to The Huffington Post Arts and Culture blog. This is my first post. Comments are free and always welcome ! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/giovanni-savino/photography-with-closed-eyes_b_5801658.html﻿

I have been recently invited to contribute to The Huffington Post Arts and Culture blog. This is my first post. Comments are free and always welcome ! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/giovanni-savino/photography-with-closed-eyes_b_5801658.html﻿___

During a recent stay in a small Dominican hamlet near the Haitian border, photographer Giovanni Savino used a wooden 4x5 field camera, loaded with 3 ASA direct positive paper, and processed it on location, using coffee. He was developing an idea which had intrigued him for a long time: portraits with closed eyes. http://bit.ly/1ulm6wu﻿

During a recent stay in a small Dominican hamlet near the Haitian border, photographer Giovanni Savino used a wooden 4x5 field camera, loaded with 3 ASA direct positive paper, and processed it on location, using coffee. He was developing an idea which had intrigued him for a long time: portraits with closed eyes. http://bit.ly/1ulm6wu﻿___

From a portraiture sitting I did last week with actress Gianna Cioffi. I used a soft focus lens I built myself: front element from a 1910's Gundlach Manhattan 12 inch lens, back element from an Angenieux cine lens. Shot on paper negative 3 ASA, lit with 1 Arri 150 W spotlight. Happy with the dreamy look it gave me ! Oh ...nearly forgot... developed with coffee !!﻿

From a portraiture sitting I did last week with actress Gianna Cioffi. I used a soft focus lens I built myself: front element from a 1910's Gundlach Manhattan 12 inch lens, back element from an Angenieux cine lens. Shot on paper negative 3 ASA, lit with 1 Arri 150 W spotlight. Happy with the dreamy look it gave me ! Oh ...nearly forgot... developed with coffee !!﻿___

Photographs can lie.And sometimes they will.There is nothing tragic or abnormal or distressing about this image.This is a perfectly healthy girl, who fell asleep on her mother's lap, while visiting the Wall Street area in NYC. And yet, it would be easy to convey a perception of human suffering in the viewer depending on how we contextualize, or simply caption this picture. Just saying.....﻿

Photographs can lie.And sometimes they will.There is nothing tragic or abnormal or distressing about this image.This is a perfectly healthy girl, who fell asleep on her mother's lap, while visiting the Wall Street area in NYC. And yet, it would be easy to convey a perception of human suffering in the viewer depending on how we contextualize, or simply caption this picture. Just saying.....﻿___

Despite working with a large format camera, Weegee being my inspiration, I think I made the deadline !! Here is the ANGEL of the NYC PRIDE Parade !! Graflex speed graphic camera, 127 mm lens, 3 ASA paper negative. Obviously developed in coffee....http://www.giovannisavinophotography.com/﻿

Despite working with a large format camera, Weegee being my inspiration, I think I made the deadline !! Here is the ANGEL of the NYC PRIDE Parade !! Graflex speed graphic camera, 127 mm lens, 3 ASA paper negative. Obviously developed in coffee....http://www.giovannisavinophotography.com/﻿___